Avotus mm File Retrieval attempt

The script attempts to force the remote Avotus CDR mm service to include the file /etc/passwd across the network. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: avotusmm.nasl 8023 2017-12-07 08:36:26Z teissa $ Description: Avotus mm File Retrieval attempt Authors: Anonymous Copyright: Copyright C 2004 Anonymous...

Detect talkd server port and protocol version

The remote host is running a 'talkd' daemon. talkd is the server that notifies a user that someone else wants to initiate a conversation with him. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: ntalkdetect.nasl 8023 2017-12-07 08:36:26Z teissa $ Description: Detect talkd server port and protocol version Authors...

File Alteration Monitor daemon (famd) Service Detection

The File Alteration Monitor daemon is running on this port. SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2005 Michel Arboi Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

SUSE-SA:2005:062: permissions

The remote host is missing the patch for the advisory SUSE-SA:2005:062 permissions. SUSE LINUX ships with three pre defined sets of permissions, 'easy', 'secure' and 'paranoid'. The chkstat program contained in the permissions package is used to set those permissions to the chosen level. Level...

CVE-2005-3289

LSCFG in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not create temporary files securely, which allows local users to corrupt /etc/passwd and possibly other system files via the trace file...

CVE-2005-3289

LSCFG in IBM AIX 5.2 and 5.3 does not create temporary files securely, which allows local users to corrupt /etc/passwd and possibly other system files via the trace file...

[SECURITY] [DSA 844-1] New mod-auth-shadow packages fix authentication bypass

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA 844-1 [email protected] http://www.debian.org/security/ Martin Schulze October 5th, 2005 http://www.debian.org/security/faq -...

Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : smb4k (MDKSA-2005:157)

A severe security issue has been discovered in Smb4K. By linking a simple text file FILE to /tmp/smb4k.tmp or /tmp/sudoers, an attacker could get access to the full contents of the /etc/super.tab or /etc/sudoers file, respectively, because Smb4K didn't check for the existance of these files befor...

DSA-844-1 mod-auth-shadow - programming error

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Debian DSA-844-1 : mod-auth-shadow - programming error

A vulnerability in modauthshadow, an Apache module that lets users perform HTTP authentication against /etc/shadow, has been discovered. The module runs for all locations that use the 'require group' directive which would bypass access restrictions controlled by another authorisation mechanism,...

USN-184-1: umount vulnerability

David Watson discovered that "umount -r" removed some restrictive mount options like the "nosuid" flag. If /etc/fstab contains user-mountable removable devices which specify the "nosuid" flag which is common practice for such devices, a local attacker could exploit this to execute arbitrary...

CVE-2005-2136

Raritan Dominion SX DSX Console Servers DSX16, DSX32, DSX4, DSX8, and DSXA-48 set 1 world-readable permissions for /etc/shadow and 2 world-writable permissions for /bin/busybox, which allows local users to obtain hashed passwords or execute arbitrary code as other users...

CVE-2002-1914

dump 0.4 b10 through b29 allows local users to cause a denial of service execution prevention by using flock to lock the /etc/dumpdates file...

CVE-2002-1914

CVE-2002-1914 concerns the dump utility (versions 0.4 b10 through b29). A local attacker can exploit a faulty flock() lock on /etc/dumpdates to cause a denial of service (execution prevention). Publicly noted references: RHSA-2005:583 and related advisories describe a patch/updates for the dump p...

CVE-2002-1914

dump 0.4 b10 through b29 allows local users to cause a denial of service execution prevention by using flock to lock the /etc/dumpdates file...

USN-142-1: sudo vulnerability

Charles Morris discovered a race condition in sudo which could lead to privilege escalation. If /etc/sudoers allowed a user the execution of selected programs, and this was followed by another line containing the pseudo-command "ALL", that user could execute arbitrary commands with sudo by creati...

USN-114-2: Fixed packages for USN-114-1

USN-114-1 fixed a vulnerability in the PCX decoder of kimgio. Unfortunately it was discovered that the original patches were faulty and caused regressions. This update now has the correct patches. This update also fixes the disappearing KDE settings which were caused by the accidential removal of...

Javamail Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities

Javamail Multiple Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities May 25, 2005 Yangon, Myanmar. Vulnerable Systems: JavaMail API 1.3 JavaMail API 1.2 JavaMail API 1.1.3 Tested on Apache Tomcat/5.0.16 Possibly on all versions of Windows Failed to restrict to accessing other directory and files in...

RHEL 3 : glibc (RHSA-2005:256)

Updated glibc packages that address several bugs are now available. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The GNU libc packages known as glibc contain the standard C libraries used by applications. It was discovered that the use of LDDEBUG...

ARPUS/Ce Local File Overwrite Exploit (setuid)

Exploit for linux platform in category local exploits ============================================== ARPUS/Ce Local File Overwrite Exploit setuid ============================================== / Copyright Kevin Finisterre - ripped from my perlex.c DISCLAIMER I am in no way responsible for your...